Young +850 Wyndham Favorite; Kannon Fades Koivun
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- Cameron Young is the +850 odds-on favorite to repeat as Wyndham Championship winner after cruising to a six-stroke victory over Mac Meissner at Sedgefield Country Club last year.
- Jackson Koivun sits at +1600 but Brady Kannon is fading him, citing his exact 70th-place FedExCup standing, hometown pressure from nearby Chapel Hill, and a putter that 'went south' last week in Detroit.
- Hideki Matsuyama (+1800), Ryan Gerard (+2200), Tom Kim (+2500), Ben Griffin (+2500) and Justin Thomas (+3000) round out the next tier of contenders behind Young and Koivun.
- The Wyndham Championship is the final regular-season event before the FedExCup Playoffs begin next week, making top-70 standings pressure a defining storyline for the field at the par-70, 7,131-yard Sedgefield layout.
- Brady Kannon brings 30-plus years of handicapping experience to the card, having called eight majors since 2013 and hit six PGA outright winners last season, including 110-1 longshot Harris English.
- Kannon also flagged a 55-1 longshot sleeper who 'hasn't finished worse than 29th in his last eight starts, six of which have been on the PGA Tour.'
Why it matters: With FedExCup Playoff berths on the line for golfers hovering around the No. 70 cutoff — exactly Koivun's position — course form and mental composure under standings pressure could matter more than raw talent this week, which is why Kannon is betting against the +1600 favorite despite his rising-star profile.
